J. C. Nwite, B. A. Essien, C. I. Keke, C. A. Igwe & T. Wakatsuki·Advances in Research·2015
The development of agriculture in inland valleys of Southeastern Nigeria could not be realized merely due to inability of the farmers to develop these potential and abundant inland valleys for such water loving crops like rice using appropriate water management systems. In an att...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20792
Subjective Evidence-Based Ethnography (SEBE) is a family of methods developed for investigation in social science based on subjective audio-video recordings with a miniature video-camera usually worn at eye-level (eye-tracking techniques are included). Despite its application to...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/21597
The focus of this study was on the influence of Self Concept and Anxiety on the Academic Excellence of Undergraduate Students. 190 students were randomly selected in the process of simple random sampling for the study. The scales used for the measurement of Self Concept and Anxie...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/15052
Saqib Ur Rehman, Kashif Saleem, Abdul Jamil Khan & Absar Ahmed·Advances in Research·2015
El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the factors that widely studied with respect to the variability in rainfall and streamflow. However, there are other factors which also influence the climate variability and patterns of the circulation. This study aims to investigate...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20258
Advances in quantum physics in the first quarter of the twentieth century dramatically influenced perspectives in science and philosophy. This paper discusses why a shift towards post-positivism in the philosophy of science is necessary, taking a novel perspective using the basic...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19816
At two isotherm temperatures, 323°C and 408°C, and two thermal scans the kinetics of thermolysis of powder-free laboratory safety gloves (LG) was studied by thermogravimetric analysis. Three methods was used to determine the fraction of reactants and hence the related kinetics pa...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20740
Text classification is a popular problem that has been studied extensively in the last four decades. Since many classification schemes can be used, the question of how to choose the best one among many for a designated task remains. In this work, we design a method for classifica...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/18789
Centuries ago in the Roman Empire the satirist, Juvenal raised the question: Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? This means literally: “Who watches the watchmen?” or “Who guards the guards?” In addition, it points to promoting the upholding of moral good acts among both the citizens...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19511
Fertility views and hair color preferences of women in college men (n=69) were investigated in the current study. Two articles were used to prime participants to think about fertility levels as low and getting pregnant as challenging, or fertility levels as high and getting pregn...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/21683
At two consecutive temperatures, 345°C and 405°C as well the two thermal scans in between these two temperatures the kinetics of thermolysis of powder-free laboratory safety gloves (LG) was studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Three methods were used to evaluate the kinet...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/20095
A field trial was undertaken to evaluate the insecticidal potency of Levo (a. i. Oxymatrine) botanical insecticide for the management of insect pests of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L Moench). Podagrica uniformis Jacoby, P. sjostedti Jacoby, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), and Aphis...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/19188
Aim: This study measures the weight gain of three esthetic restorative materials after immersion in water, Coke and Fanta for 120 hours. Materials and Methods: Three restorative materials (Visible Light Cure Composite; Prime Dental INC USA, GC Fuji IXGP; GC Corporation Japan, Ama...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/20183
The study examined the relations among perceived English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ verbal aggressiveness and students’ intrinsic motivation and social-affective strategy use. The sample consisted of 148 Greek-speaking undergraduate students (aged 18-23 years old) attend...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/19692
This study aims to explain the cause of prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease in the Faroe, Orkney and Sardinia Islands, by pointing the dielectrophoretic force in the etiology of MS. Initially, the geographical and geophysical specifications of these places have been inv...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/19602
Aiman Albatayneh, Dariusz Alterman, Adrian Page & Behdad Moghtaderi·Advances in Research·2015
The determination of the internal air temperature of a building is pivotal to its design in the determination of heating and cooling loads and the assessment of the thermal comfort for the occupants. Autodesk CFD analysis is one of many application programs which can assist in ca...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2015/20223